Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-01
THE OREGON ROAD.
Superintendent Fillmore is Very Enfhu-
siastic About 1t.

Superintendent Fillmore looked as bright
and cheerful as if he had just tumbled out
of bed, instead of out of railroad car,
when be was seen yesterday morning by
Post reporter after his journey from Oregon.
You ask me about my trip" said the
Superintendent, well, had delightful
one. | can assure you that this line to
Oregon is scenic line. | do not believe
that you pass through more beautiful
scenery on any one of our lines. What can
be grander than that stretch of country be-
tween Dunsmuir and the Siskiyou tunnel?
I am positive that this line will be much
favored by Eastern visitors, simply on ac-
count of the scenery.
GREAT TRAVEL.
Already the travel between San Fran
cisco and Portland is considerable, and
when we have through communication
with the latter city it is bound 10 increase
When we came down to-day we brought no
less than sixty-tive persons, and there are
many days when the travel reaches to over
one hundred. The strangest part of it is
that the travel seems to be greater to Cali
fornia than it is up there. Every day we
have two Pullman cars running and they
are never empty. To business men this
line will be great advantage, and you can
judge from the travel and from the class OF
men that are going up and down, that they
appreciate the road.
Il do not as yet expect to handle any
very great quantity of freight / cannot
say that at present it looks as il that road
was going to be freight line, but it GER
tailly does look like a passenger one.
JUBILANT oREGoNIAHs.
The people of Oregon are very much
pleased with the line, and they are very
sanguine as to the benefits they will derive
from through connection. They think,
and naturally so, that this line will take
from California some of the intending set
tiers, but | am of the contrary opinion.
Rich as Oregon may be, yet do not believe
that she will ever be our rival for public
favor. | think that the people who will 90
TO Oregon will be the class commonly
known as tourists; and that class, as a gen
eral rule, do hot readily fall in love with
place and settle down."
NEARLY COMPLETED.
when do you expect to have through
communication ?"
well, all but eight miles is built, and
we expect through travel by Deem Der 7th
You know all the grading is DONE and all
that we have to do is to lay the track Ow-
ing 10 the clayey nature of the soil, it is
rather slow work. We have got out of the
mountainous belt, and are now in good
farming land. OF course, though trains
can go direct by the eth proximo, the line
is not formally opened until the 10TH"
What do these people think about your
excursion?''
g. They are delighted with the idea, and
while l was in Ashland had delegation
of citizens wait upon me, inquiring about
it. 1t is the intention of the townspeople
on the route of the road to meet the excur-
| sionists on their way to Portland, and treat
| them with every hospitality imaginable
suppose that they will be rendered lunch
cons and breakfasts on the road I'D
by every town through which the road
passes.
THE ROUTE.
You are entirely mistaken" continued
Mr.. Fillmore, when asked about the I'M
pleasantness of the weather. The weather
IS delightful and the snow is nothing to
speak about. Inexperienced quite heavy
snow-storm this side of Shasta last night.
but you see it did not detain us, and we
came through on time
Talking about the track, it is one of the
best laid in the United States You see.
! six months ago we did lay it down rather
/ hurriedly, and | admit that it was pretty
rough riding in some places. But that has
| all been changed now, and the track is as
easy as any line in the country. The rea-
son OF our hurry can easily be explained
| We wished that our passengers should
| have as little of the stage travel as posi-
bic, and SO we just put one track down as
speedily as possible. but we have been i'm
proving them all the time, so we are as
| near perfection as possible,
\ NEW DIVISION.
Have you formed new division?"
We have. This new division is from
Red Bluff to Ashland, and is called the
Northern Division, and is put in the charge
| of a. F. George. George has been with us
for quite number of years, and is an old
train man. l suppose you are aware that
| our workshops at Dunsmuir are well fin
ished, and that we shall have quite busy
little town up there, when the shops are
| running. l can say without fear of contra
diction that the California and Oregon road
is one of the best of our branches, for com
pleteness and general usefulness"
Do you intend to go up to Portland
with the excursion ?'
We'll, to speak frankly, do not. | do
not think there will be much left of me
when L get back laughed Mr.. Fillmore.
Colonel Cracker and Mr.. Ssrowbridee are
going up, and l think A n. Towne will
also go. do not know that any more of
our officials will 60"